Neurology
Cardiology
SCORES
Ortho/MSK
Misc
100

Dix-hallpike is the maneuver to diagnose BPPV. What does BPPV stand for and what is the maneuver used for treatment?

Benign positional paroxysmal vertigo and Epley’s maneuver

100

What is most common cause of Right Heart Failure

What is 

Left Heart Failure

100

Score used to determine AC need in hospitalized patients by risk of VTE

What is 

Padua Prediction Score

100

What is the best test to determine ACL injury?

Lachman, knee flexed to 20 to 30 degrees, anterior force is applied to the proximal tibia.

100

Which antibiotic was first called “mold juice?”

What is 


Penicillin?

200

Lhermitte’s sign, an electrical shock radiating down the spine resulting when neck is flexed, can be seen in this autoimmune demyelinating disorder

Multiple sclerosis

200

Which BB are FDA approved to treat systolic congestive heart failure?

What are

  1. Carvedilol (Coreg)

  2. Bisoprolol

  3. Metoprolol succinate (Toprol) NOT tartrate (Lopressor)

200

2 scores for Atrial Fibrillation. Then briefly explain purpose/scoring.

  1. CHA2DS2-VASc: Calculates stroke risk for patients with Afib

  2. HAS-BLED: Estimates risk of major bleeding for patients on AC to assess risk-benefit in Afib care.

200

What is the most common bacteria seen in osteomyelitis? Most common bone it is spread to?

Staph aureus, vertebrae

200

“Barber's Chair Phenomenon” describes the phenomenon of an electric shock along the spine when the neck is flexed

Lhermitte's Sign

300

For patients with sensory deficits, a B12 and B9 level can be obtained. What lab test can help differentiate between a B12 and B9 deficiency?

MMA (methylmalonic acid)

300

List the Triad, EKG, and CXR findings of Cardiac tamponade

What are

  1. Beck’s triad: Hypotension, muffled heart sounds, elevated neck veins

  2. Pulsus paradoxus

  3. Water Bottle Heart: CXR finding

300

Pre-op scoring (List 2)

What are

  1. RCRI: Estimates risk of cardiac complications after noncardiac surgery

  2. Gupta: Predicts risk of MI or cardiac arrest after surgery

300

This bone disorder results in abnormal bone architecture from an increase in osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity causing a mosaic bone pattern and "chalk-stick" fractures.

Paget disease

300

What does PNES stand for?

Psychogenic Non Epileptic Seizure

400

True or False: The following are clinical features that may indicate a true seizure? Pelvic thrusting, length of seizure activity >10min, crying/distractible during seizure activity

False

400

List the Triad of symptoms of Aortic Stenosis

What are

1.Angina

2. Syncope

3. Dyspnea (from HF)

400

Liver cirrhosis: List 2 Scores and Purpose

What are

  1. Child-Pugh: Estimates cirrhosis severity 

  2. MELD-Na: Quantifies end-stage liver disease for transplant planning with Sodium

400

Shoulder dislocation followed by weak abduction and numbness over the lateral shoulder is likely due to this nerve palsy.?

Axillary nerve injury

400

Heartbeat auscultated on the R side of the chest??

What condition?

Situs Inversus??

500

MoCA and MMSE are both tools to assess cognition. Which test can help detect Alzheimer’s Disease?

MoCA

500

What are common causes of Endocarditis (microorganisms)?

What are

  1. Streptococcal viridins

  2. Staph aureus

  3. Enterococcus 

  4. BONUS: Strep bovis associated with colon cancer

  5. BONUS: Culture negative causes of Endocarditis (Vegetation on valve but no organism in BC)

    1. H aemophilus aphrophilus

    2. A actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

    3. C ardiobacterium hominis

    4. E ikenella corrodens 

    5. K ingella kingae

500

List 1 or 2 Scores used for Alcoholic Hepatitis

What is/are

  1. Maddrey’s: Suggests which pts with alc hepatitis may have poor prognosis and benefit from steroid admin

  2. Lille Model: Predicts mortality in pts with Alcoholic Hepatitis not responding to steroid therapy

500

What is the most accurate anatomic insertion location for anatomy guided knee injection?

Supralateral approach (91%) with isometric quadricep flexion. Vs 67% anteromedial. 

500

“When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.”

Who said this?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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